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Even gnostics have problems they have to solve in their day to day lives, and the only way to solve them is by creating knowledge. Appeals to the supernatural
by dotsam 3y ago
Even gnostics have problems they have to solve in their day to day lives, and the only way to solve them is by creating knowledge.
Appeals to the supernatural or dogma are bad explanations, and they should be criticised and improved upon. They are bad explanations because they are not hard to vary, and can be easily modified or replaced by any other supernatural or dogmatic entity or force without affecting the phenomenon they are supposed to explain. They are essentially arbitrary and unfalsifiable assertions that do not increase our understanding of reality.
Also note, you never get rid of problems, there are always more. New knowledge creates new and better problems. Running out of problems would itself be a problem.